Student Found Dead Rolled In Gym Mat

He was stuck upside down in the middle of a wrestling mat that had been rolled up and.

Student found dead rolled in gym mat. On january 11 2013 the body of kendrick johnson october 10 1995 january 10 2013 was discovered inside a vertical rolled up mat in the gymnasium of lowndes high school in valdosta in the u s. Kendrick johnson 17 was found dead in a rolled up wrestling mat at his high school in january. School officials found johnson s body in the gym after his parents reported him missing the night before. The wrongful death lawsuit filed by the parents of the south georgia teen found dead in a rolled gym mat has been dismissed by a federal judge.

Johnson s body was found in 2013 in a rolled up gym mat at lowndes county high school. Lowndes county is located near the georgia florida border about 200 miles south of atlanta. A preliminary investigation and autopsy concluded that the death was accidental. A georgia couple s quest to learn what happened to their son who was found dead in a rolled up wrestling mat in his high school gym took a horrifying turn when a second autopsy found the teen.

He was stuck upside down in the middle of a wrestling mat that had been rolled up and. Johnson s family had a private pathologist conduct a second autopsy. State of georgia where he was a student. Authorities said he suffocated after falling into the mat while trying to retrieve a shoe.